﻿//AcademicPlanner - course registration planning web app.
//Copyright (C) 2009  Boubacar Diallo

//This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
//modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
//as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
//of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

//This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//GNU General Public License for more details.

//You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
//along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
//Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.


using System;
using AcademicPlanner.Data;

namespace AcademicPlanner.Domain
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Operation is the base class for more granular/atomic <c>Task</c>s.
	/// </summary>
	/// <version>1.0</version>
	/// <since>1.0</since>
	abstract class Operation : Task
    {
		/// <summary>
		/// Launches this Operation. This method is basically an alias for
		/// <see cref="M:Task.Run"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <version>1.0</version>
		/// <since>1.0</since>
		public void Launch()
		{
			base.Run();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Performs this Operation's bulk work. This method basically relies on
		/// <see cref="M:Execute"/>.
		/// </summary>
		/// <version>1.0</version>
		/// <since>1.0</since>
		protected override void Perform()
		{
			Execute();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Executes this Operation's bulk work.
		/// </summary>
		/// <version>1.0</version>
		/// <since>1.0</since>
		protected abstract void Execute();
    }
}
